Critical Role Crack - Episode 16: A Favor in Kind (Part 1)

[@CriticalGeminiHero]

I've seen comments about the Talks Machina clip, and it made me realize kind of how dumb it was for me to use it. I had COMPLETELY forgot that Talks was a Twitch/Alpha paid for only subscription service, and I would have never used it if I had remembered that. Not only was I going against Critical Role/ G&S's wishes, but now I can't tell you guys where to watch unless you have that paid service. My sincerest apologies to you guys and G&S and Critical Role. I had gotten so used to Talks Machina being an integrated side by side experience that I forgot it's only free for those on Twitch live in the moment of watching :(

[@JarrettOriginal]

I wouldn't worry about using the Talks Clip, which was brilliant btw. You're work is transformative, therefore protected under fair use.

[@WhiffleWaffles]

It was a mistake. We're only human. I'm sure they'll understand. I didn't even notice to be honest.

[@pyrosianheir]

If it makes you feel better, some other guy had already posted that clip, and I'd seen it through that.

[@lasse6435]

:D Good stuff as always. Also: Times CritGemHero forgot counter: 1 *ding*

[@NielsMulvad]

I wouldn't fret it, I mean... it's quite dated by now (yes?)... as long as you don't rip content that is current (and behind a paywall for good reason), then I don't think many have any reasons to complain... But that's just my thoughts.

[@DragonaxFilms]

"FJORGOT" I love it.

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

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[@Uxie2]

Fjord Vored the Sword

[@sailorchiaki]

Fjored vjored the sjword

[@averagejoe1468]

@@sailorchiaki Fjord Vjord thje swjord

[@TheBlarggle]

Jjojj jjojej jje jjjojj

[@sharkwaffle1582]

FJORD VJORED THE SWJORD

[@erickmejia4602]

the RAIN in SPAIN falls MAINLy in the PLAIN

[@jpumbaa1]

Oh sure, pick on poor defenseless Travis again. Good thing he won't remember it. ;-)

[@CriticalGeminiHero]

I mean sadly, this episode made it too easy so I couldn't just avoid it lol 😄

[@Debrutsideno]

Savage, I love it. It was a good question.

[@Debrutsideno]

Sadly, I am also very forgetful.

[@NielsMulvad]

@@CriticalGeminiHero I know this would (or could) be a huge amount of work, but do you have any plans of going back though the earlier episodes and doing a quick recap of Fjorgot moments?

[@jpumbaa1]

You could say that Travis has terrible...Fjord Focus.

[@waddledee474]

Ashley's character and delivery in that sketch make me so happy. "DURNGENS & DREYGENS!!!"

[@simianbarcode3011]

*GAG ME WITH A SPOON, MRS. HENDERSON!*

[@LeoForgetsToCreate]

Eat my shorts dude!

[@PureGoldNeverCorrodes]

Feed me with a sword, Mx Ukatoa!

[@jadelee6555]

Matt: "DEVOURRRR" Travis: *Eats the sword* Matt: "Uhhhh th-that's not what I-"

[@ChartreuseDan]

Tusk Love part 2: The Fault In Our Tusks

[@eharman641]

Yes!!!!!

[@MsCunningLinguistic]

I think u mean 'The Fjault in Our Tusks'

[@ChartreuseDan]

@@MsCunningLinguistic I sincerely wish I'd thought of that

[@MsCunningLinguistic]

Daniel Copsey

[@playyourdrums6762]

Look at what you've done! Now I'm dying you genius bastard

[@Trev0Rear]

Travis: "I had to look it up I didn't know what 'vored' was" Matthew, with genuine concern: "Oh buddy I'm so sorry"

[@XavierDarkhand]

That Avatar: The Last Airbender shoe-in was perfect xD

[@Mina.CX7]

I like that you included a clip from "all work no play"

[@nathanharmon8971]

Good grief, CR needs to hire you so that I can have more of this in my life. Crack once a month is NOT ENOUGH! (Insert cocaine polar bear meme). But in all seriousness these are bomb.

[@Lamefoureyes]

Critical role hiring her is an amazing idea and fully support this.

[@OmniValor]

Yare yare daze

[@tonybishop3686]

Hahahahaha Trouble TROUBLE *TROUBLE*

[@mythomagic1771]

"We're doing fine" Ashley Johnson, 2018

[@VimyGlide]

"my entire village was burned to the ground when i was a child" liam: *"I N S I G H T C H E C K"*

[@Jakub7009]

THE QUEEN IS BACK! SHE HAS RETURNED TO US WITH NEW CONTENT FROM NEW LANDS ACROSS THE SEA!

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

SHE RETURNSSS

[@michaelreuter2524]

Travis Wilinghams own words: "Mad video editing skills!" Keep going Gemini

[@meghanna2034]

The Fjault in Our Stars

[@tristonanan]

"vow-erred" Bless Travis for being exposed to vore after that, especially when he didn't have to.

[@callmev3531]

6:20, I have a feeling that when they were creating Fjord and his backstory they knew that it was going to fall victim to an avalanche of sexual references. That and his tusks.

[@Ellisepha]

When you make Travis Willingham google vore

[@Evija3000]

A giant monstrous worm! Something so small and so early on. I love how Matt weaves the story including hints and foreshadowing even in such an open adventure.

[@fishwad2077]

dude i cannot believe i never noticed fjord's accent change when he was in his dreams or when he would jolt awake. caleb had asked him why his voice changed from time to time and i was just sitting there like what????? when??????

[@beholdnonsense5100]

Nine whole minutes? CritGem, you spoil us

[@TheAbruptdeath]

(and that's just "part 1")

[@callmev3531]

8:12 more of Yasha being so hardcore yet so.....modest and quiet. Her and Caleb are among my favorite characters in the series. Two amazing examples of dark and gritty backstory and role playing. As a side note, these two characters were also the inspiration for a few of mine. 😂

[@michaelbootes4822]

“I’m poisoned” “How much you care to drink is on you”

[@JayTohab]

NOTT got burned!

[@Android_ELITE]

Literally the first time I've heard Trouble without a goat or nick cage

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

Or those like thirteen consecutive hours where it was Nigel Thornberry and then NOTHING

[@babyslime]

I love that you're adding in references to Talks and AWNP. :D I love this series, every time I see an update I'm excited!

[@lauravturner]

So... Fjord wasn't supposed to consume the sword? That's hilarious. Also, 300th comment.

[@sienaduncan9458]

HEY UM THIS WAS EXTREMELY GOOD

[@fairawenplays727]

I was eating soup when "Alaskan Bull Worm" came on. I am now wearing soup. I think it will be this season's new fashion. 10/10 would dare to eat soup while watching Critical Role Crack again. In all seriousness, you really out-did yourself with this one. I cracked up SO many times. My sides hurt from laughing.

[@Ugliduckie]

It broke my heart watching you try to get that question across to Travis at the Q&A. I knew exactly what you meant, and shared your frustration at it being hijacked in a different way. I know everything was said in fun, but I really felt for you because your love of CR really shines in your content here

[@CriticalGeminiHero]

I think you're the first person to comment that sentiment honestly, and I do appreciate it. I had been embarrased because despite trying to prepare and write it down it still came across the wrong way, and as someone who has that happen frequently, to have it happen in front of them and with hundreds of people was kind of terrifying and awful. Sticking to a script was what made it worse actually, it was kind of hard to think while up there and I said dumb stuff.

[@AliceBeth_]

You have nothing to be embarrassed about, in my opinion. Your meaning was pretty clear. Personally, I think you did a great job, regardless of the response. I couldn't imagine standing up in front of that many people, to ask a cast I admire and respect a question.

[@GooseyTwoShoes]

@@CriticalGeminiHero the NYCC clip is now available for people outside the US (I think - anyway I was able to watch it) so I finally got to see what the fuss about and yeah, I agree with JRoze, I think your question was well-worded, and honestly, I think Travis' response was born out of a genuine embarrassment at being called out like that. Which is on him more than you tbh because it's not such a big deal to forget stuff, and your theory made a lot of sense. It broke my heart a little that they wouldn't let you finish your question, but thought it was at least sweet of Matt to point out your wicked cool video-editing skills! Ok fan boy moment over keep making awesome stuff thank you bye!

[@CriticalGeminiHero]

@@GooseyTwoShoes thank you. I don't blame how they reacted to the question at all, and they did let me finish my question and I didn't realize how long it would go on for because of the laughter in between, but I appreciate your thoughts on it and know that I wasn't entirely in the wrong, I could have handled it better but you could also argue they could have understood what I had meant better

[@CriticalGeminiHero]

I am aware that the link is region locked, so I am going to write a transcript of the exchange in the description below. Sorry for the inconvenience! EDIT: The "Transcript" for international viewers is in the description as well now, let me know if it works or not :)

[@HotCupaJo]

On Travis' whole forgetfulness thing, I remember him saying he has adhd at one point and as someone who also has adhd I experience a lot of short term memory problems and working memory problems that I was told were correlated with my adhd. (I can't speak for Travis, we may not have the same experience but I just thought I'd share)

[@CriticalGeminiHero]

@@HotCupaJo Thanks for letting me know! It helps me to make sure I never take anything too far, maybe I already have. The counter is mainly for myself in that I felt kind of bad and assumed that people thought I was making it up to make fun of Travis for attention, so its more like a proof counter that I had a point than a roast, but maybe I shouldn't do it in the first place. I never want to make fun of someone's disability... it's been hard for me to forgive myself over that question and what entailed and I think I'm using this as a healing process. I'm not sure if that makes sense.

[@goteznak]

@@CriticalGeminiHero Dont know how the whole question was delivered and what the response was. But Im sure that nobody will hold it against you since your goal wasnt to hurt anyone. So dont overthink it. Everyone makes mistakes :)

[@CriticalGeminiHero]

@@goteznak I added a "transcript" for international viewers, I suggest checking it out for that! Anyway yeah it was a hard time and I felt really bad but I've been slowly getting over it and seeing the positives of such a fun interaction regardless

[@HotCupaJo]

@@CriticalGeminiHero Don't worry about it, they were all having a bunch of fun, Travis included.

[@yodawgzgaming4416]

Holy smokes your Q&A question was amazing! I love how the cast was torn back and forth between laughing their butts off and being almost genuinely offended or sulky. Hopefully you didn't feel too awkward up there, but really the awkwardness of the question only made it even more adorable and hilarious. (Thank you for sharing it with us btw, I have to avoid most newer Q&A's because of C1 spoilers since I'm only halfway through C1 still)

[@MaryneArt]

Okay, you were already doing a fantastic (and hilarious) job with these, but adding other bits and pieces from Talks and AWNP into it is brilliant!! These videos are a pure joy to watch, THANK YOU!!

[@gregputnam7243]

I love how when Travis is acting like the babysitter of the group or trying to be the leader and more mature one, there is still a little bit of Grog that shows up

[@Bellia25]

“I’m just going to take this with me” laura as she takes the plate of food just I feel that

[@kaythewarlock8137]

Omg these just get better and better!! I love that you’ve included All Work No Play! 😂😂💜

[@butterfly17095]

OMG the Fault in our Stars reference made me cackle, this was so great! One of the best ones yet I think!

[@johnnyb368]

For those looking for the Talks Machina episode at 7:01 it's C2E19 around the 34 minute mark

[@historicallyacrow]

I appreciate the use of Avatar the Last Air Bend memes

[@joshuac2652]

Looking back and remembering just yelling out insight check wasn't as normal as now 😅

[@DungeonMistressC]

Tries to watch on lunch break. Launches food from face due to laughter

[@MrDimox]

Felt like you levelled up your game for this episode!

[@Abelhawk]

Poor Travis. He's never had so much depend on his character as this arc with Uk'otoa.

[@OctopusOwl]

Coming back to this after a year and seeing that it is still so damn funny! I am here for whatever you decide to make Critgemhero in the future, I am here for. Your humor is SO GOOD

[@limors]

Does "part 1" mean you didn't cut the 20 minutes of footage you had? I'm excited! :D

[@dustinsmith2021]

Being covered in oil and then being covered in some sort of dirt is my nightmare.

[@stormaggeden]

Im so happy to see you back! And as for the Fjord question I think it was completely justifiable to ask! He seemed shifty. Now we just know, super fjorgetful.

[@AutumnPulse]

The Arin crying sounds made me chuckle even though I was trying to have feels.

[@kobbblublu2311]

the fault in our stars addition had me actually dead holy shit i think i laughed so hard i actually left my body for a moment

[@_nicolefwong]

THIS SHOWED UP IN MY FEED AND I GOT SO EXCITED

[@oOoOBabydollOoOo]

this is the highlight of my week and it’s only Tuesday

[@hadriennogueira3726]

2:29 holy shit what a masterpiece

[@alyjfly22]

Wonderful editing per usual! I always loved the swallowing of the sword part of that episode because whether or not they meant to, it gave Fjords dream symbolism that related to his character. Cause swallowing swords in dreams is apparently a thing.

[@MsCunningLinguistic]

lmfao dearl LAWRD gurl your editing is getting ON FUCKING POINT. I'm CRYING.

[@mollyhunter6239]

I never double-comment but I feel like is a safe space, so Imma just-- So validating that someone else had the Alaskan Bull Worm thought ALSO, 'Fjorgot' is ACTUAL GENIUS

[@robintupta7446]

Absolutely fantastics edits yet again and I love how you add in clips from Talks Machina and All Work No Play! It adds a level of context and finality to some of the stuff that we cannot see in the game.

[@jasoncustomizer56]

It's great to see this series again. Your editing is so amazing! I also like the notes about details we could've missed like the foreshadowing to Caleb's backstory.

[@lordironlion]

This is the best thing I’ve ever seen. Please never stop making these!

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

ALSO thank you for continually making these and posting them they are hilarious and also like Reflect My Feelings Back At Me and its great

[@kookoo47]

I’m so happy you’re posting more!!! These are cut together so beautifully and, of course, hilariously

[@med2vigilante]

These are always such a delight, and the choice for ending song really caps it off nicely.

[@MeeesterBond17]

I'm just done watching that NYCC question clip... it's the funniest thing I've seen in a looooong time. Thank you so much. I know it wasn't quite what you intended, but that's what made it brilliant.. and relatable. :P

[@KiriiiV]

I was just rewatching this whole series!! Nice timing lol

[@RvBDopp]

I LOVE these videos. I have to say there's only one way to punch it up one notch... add canned laughter to Sam's ad. Even without that, just amazing work.

[@Heisenberg772]

Holy shit , it's been a while since this episode so i totally forgot Fjord actually had knowledge of the worm as well, In assuming it's the same worm as in the second mural in the temple, along with the strange purple phoenix and Uk'otoa.

[@TheHypno15]

Bless you for being so earnest with the question, it was very funny but it's hopefully a good laugh for you too now it's in the past. I'd have so much second-hand embarrassment from Travis if I had been there I wouldn't be able to talk D:

[@HotLavaMachine]

Just found your channel and that last scene. Lord above. Had me howling.

[@TheNymanator]

I'm so happy this community has someone like you in it. Love what you do!

[@decdenner]

This is so much fun, it's always a gift when a new one comes out

[@Gureiseion]

Ah, good to see Molly and Ronin again.

[@noimnothim1662]

So I just now found this channel. Needless to say, you've got a new lifetime sub.

[@DarkLordShadaou]

It's so good xD they're getting even better haha!!!! When you threw in All Work No Play I lost it lmao!

[@DeanKee]

Im so glad you asked them your question at NYCC because that also was in my list of possible questions to ask them!!! i feel like less of a wierdo to be keeping tabs on that sort of thing because i also was thinking that was an interesting way he could play up the low wisdom mod! Though i never considered that to be an aspect between him and his patron (which i think is a brilliant idea and would love to hear your notes about it) i love your videos, please keep making them at your leisure!!!

[@shanemacmillan5732]

"None of that has been invented yet." No wonder people thought it was satanic.

[@cameroncraig4906]

Woo! great way to wrap up my day, though now I feel compelled to go back and watch from the start it's been so long. Worth it, doing it. Keep up the great work!

[@Jaxom35x]

I keep loving and giving thumbs up to all you do. Thank you for making these and making me laugh and smile even on days when I don't feel like it.

[@FlatFilms]

You made the ad read even better which I didn't think was possible, thank you. Great video as always!

[@Kabouka]

First they release The Chronicles of Exandria vol. II on my birthday, and now you release a new CritRole Crack ? Blessed day indeed. Couldn't have clicked any faster on the thumbnail !

[@AstrumG2V]

"Fjorgot counter" I'm dead xD

[@Mikaeus_Un_Hallowed]

Yeahhh!!!!! Super glad your back gem!!!! I love this series!!!

[@mikes8O]

More awesomeness from CritGemHero, and for the record even if it might not have been taken in the way you intended I thought your question was great and was potentially an interesting insight into Fjord's character.

[@DarkLordShadaou]

Firstly, you have 420 comments right now...nice XD...secondly I'm rewatching these and I forgot just how good this one was...the interjection of all work no play gets me on so many levels lol you're amazing

[@TempestRyu]

OMG CritGem your sense of humor is toooop notch.

[@renardroi1136]

I don't watch critrole anymore I just absorb it through crack videos and highlight reels thank u this is beautiful

[@georgefelton3291]

Nice job w/ the Trouble overdub, that was so good!

[@MuFayez]

The throwback to campaign 1 was amazing! Thank you for that!!!

[@theriseundaunted1690]

THE WAIT IS OVER AND I AM NOW HAPPY

[@mateogun]

Oh dear, i need part 2 now! this one took a long time but rest asure i was hyped this all time, and i encourage you to make more, i encourage violence and more videos!

[@thatswhyibelieveinyou]

These updates always make my day

[@hannahburden4843]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING MY ENTIRE LIFE FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!

[@stardustsupernova]

Kelly, thank you for another awesome video! I've been feeling down after getting the flu and this got me smiling for the first time in a while 💖

[@Keltain]

I made a joke about the game grumps Prilosec bit while watching critical role with a friend the other week and we now have a head cannon that Fjord’s patron says “consume” like Aron says “consume Prilosec” My life hasn’t been the same since

[@wolfspane8775]

Thank you soooo much for these amazing videos!! Keep up the great work🙂

[@TheLonghairedhippi]

I remember seeing that the first time I watched it. I was laughing before you finished the question. I already knew what he was gonna say because of some of his answers on Talks Machina. That aside, which was hilarious, you do killer work, ma'am. Keep'em rollin'. I love it.

[@OctopusOwl]

These bring me do much joy!

[@sjhorton1184]

This is series is so good!! Keep up the good work!

[@vizardurahara]

CritGemHero, you are amazing! Thank you so much for this

[@giraffedragon6110]

I kinda wish you used the goat scream part for Sam during trouble. But your vids make my day EVERY DAY

[@bekabee24]

I freaking lost it at the last 5 seconds. Awesome as usual. Keep it up!!!